@ IJTSRD | Available Online @ www ISSN No: 245 Inte R Representations of th A Study of Lalsalu(T D PhD, Research Scholar, Dep ABSTRACT A community is a social category of shares common culture, common langu a common religion, a common nor customs and history. Harmony holds fi the various relationships of ethnic institution in a detailed manner through contrived structures, norms and values belief. The term religion is also know psychological condition. Not to mentio crucial role in controlling the belief cultural and social practice in a com chosen text is Lalsalu(Tree without Ro Waliullah which was written before th India and was published after it. Th power of the Bengali Muslim society century has been represented by Majid. has showed us, the political, religious an of its making onto the community ar patriarchal paradigms. Any challenge to mercilessly counteracted. Conseq protagonist of the novel in his clever du religious and holy man with aids from superstructures is able to create h Mahabbatpur, and capitalizes the religio poor villagers by establishing his spiritu Thus the hegemony in various levels, su gender, and class are betrayed in the t the matrix of the study. Keywords: Religion, Community, Hegemony w.ijtsrd.com | Volume – 2 | Issue – 4 | May-Jun 56 - 6470 | www.ijtsrd.com | Volum ernational Journal of Trend in Sc Research and Development (IJT International Open Access Journ he Village through Religion an Tree Without Roots) by Syed W Dr. Madhumita Chakrabarty partment of English, Central University of Karn of people who uage or dialect, rm, practices, irmly together c groups or h the bonds of s and religious wn as a social on, it serves a f system and mmunity. The oots) by Syed he partition of he patriarchal y of the 20th . As the novel nd social order re imposed by o such order is quently the utiful role of a the patriarchal hegemony in ous faith of the ual monopoly. uch as religion, text and forms Patriarchy, INTRODUCTION Village as a category is associ other social categories like people with their unique cultu is considered as a unit f demographic purposes. In ‘Village’ depends on how w words perspective plays a vit village. If we look at the etym could see that the origin of th Latin word ‘Villa’ meaning ‘c in the late 14 th century as English the word was first quo and other buildings in a grou larger than a hamlet but small term Village is associated wit the community to be mo community come their trad festivals and celebrations, lan of expression, the economic imbricated with caste discrim the way it controls their mo everyday life. If we speak about villages of have been serving as the found have had huge effect on Ind the social order. India is chara and religious groups than mo world. It is characterized by beliefs and practices. Harmon the various relationships institution in a detailed mann contrived structures, norms an Emile Durkheim “Religion i beliefs and practices relative n 2018 Page: 768 me - 2 | Issue – 4 cientific TSRD) nal nd Society: Waliullah nataka, India iated with a whole lot of e community, society, ure and tradition. Village for administrative and fact the definition of we approach it. In other al role in understanding mology of “village”, we e word is traced back to country house’ and then a part of Late middle oted and used as “houses up or an inhabited place ler than a town”. So the th Home and its people, re precise. And with ition and rituals, their nguage and other modes c and social condition, mination and religion and odes of expression and India, religions not only dation of our culture, but dian political affairs and acterized by more ethnic st other countries of the a diversity of religious ny holds firmly together of ethnic groups or ner through the bonds of nd values. According to is a unified system of e to sacred thing which